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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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